Coincidentally enough, that cover photograph was taken directly outside my office here at Warner Bros, mere yards from where I'm currently sitting. The slightly diagonal buttresses to the far left are the lower walls of Stage 16, the big stage with the WB badge that you see in the "underwater" sepia logo at the head of recent WB movies. I'm in the eastern end of Building 44, immediately behind the camera and to the left.

Other than a slightly more attractive paintjob and a bit of landscaping at the far end of the street, the location is still perfectly recognizable.

Gulzada Ryskulova’s musical version of the Manas epic — a folkloric tale usually recited by Kyrgyz men — is nothing short of amazing, as is the tale itself, which was preserved through furtive oral tradition during the Soviet era, in which it was suppressed.

The Black Friday Mac Bundle 2.0 is one of the Boing Boing Store’s best-selling Mac bundles yet, and it’s about to come to an end. If you don’t get your copy now, here’s what you’ll be missing:This bundle comes packing 9 top-rated Mac apps in one package, at the hugely discounted price of just $23.99. […]

The Boing Boing Store’s Gift Guide is full of ideas for pretty much anyone in your life like hipster ice cub trays, Xbox controllers, Halo Boards, and even diamond necklaces. As always, all products in the Boing Boing Store come at great discounts, too. Shop by price bucket starting at under $20. Under $20:Bloxx Jumbo Ice Trays […]

Unlike traditional lighters, the SaberLight features an electronic plasma beam that’s both rechargeable and butane-free. This sleek lighter is even approved by TSA, so you’ll never be stuck buying lighters you’ll just have to throw away partially used. For some people, like me, this is a pretty big game-changer. The SaberLight’s beam is actually both hotter and cleaner […]

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MOJO Magazine did a thorough investigation into the “Wish You Were Here” cover art a few months ago, with first hand accounts and stories of the photo shoot. I wanna say the issue came out Feb. of this year

Wow, Xeni! Had I known this picture was going to receive so much attention, I’d have borrowed a better camera, used a longer lens, and tried harder to mimic the original’s framing… now I’m embarrassed I just shot a casual snap with my crappy Android. Anyway, glad you liked it.

The wall in the background of the album is still there; it’s the side of Building 6, containing Dub Stages 5 and 6, and also the magnificent Eastwood Scoring Stage (named after Clint Something-or-Other). Here’s a closer shot taken farther down toward the end of Avenue D. I don’t know when the trees were planted, but they’re part of Steve Ross Plaza, a lushly landscaped walkway honoring the founder of Warner Communications, who died in 1992. So I imagine the trees are close to twenty years old, but I wasn’t working here when they were planted, so I don’t know.

Nah, I just used my Android’s camera, which tends toward a pretty short lens. A longer lens was used for the cover photo. A real photographer could probably identify it, but I’m just lucky my thumb didn’t show up in the frame.

There was a thing about that in one of the Pink Floyd documentaries I was watching last night. Short answer: Mono Lake, in California. Took the photographers an incredible amount of time to set up that difficult shot. Yoga model wore a breathing apparatus.